For almost 100 years Esperis has represented innovation and excellence in the research and production of ingredients for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.
We’re proud to be producers and not just retailers, and since 1922 we’ve been making our own little mark on the history of this sector and the economy of our much-loved city Milan.
We aspire to be a go-to partner for our customers and not just their suppliers. We work beside them on their most important projects, coming up with tailor-made ingredients and blends according to their needs.
MANAGEMENT AND OUR TEAM
The Esperis family are passionate believers in the idea that production of raw materials should be outstanding. Since the business was first founded we’ve worked hard to ensure the company continues to grow and that our customers can rely on our professionalism.
We’ve been through a world war, a post-war period, an economic boom, economic crises, austerity and lock-down and today we’re proud to say that our fourth generation is about to celebrate our 100th anniversary and that some of the sector’s leading names choose us each day as their go-to partner.
OUR HISTORY
Esperis S.p.A. was founded in 1922 by Dr. Adriano Fayaud.
After completing a degree in pharmacy at the Sorbonne in Paris, at a young age he moved from France, where he was born, to Italy.
He was unceasing in his study of natural ingredients and he made full use of the rich biodiversity of Italy’s different regions, which he explored in a bid to discover new plant varieties. From the 1950s he started to open numerous distilleries across Italy for extracting essential oils found locally (Avola in Sicily, Briga Marittima in Piedmont, and San Lorenzo al Mare in Liguria).
As a result of his insight, Esperis was one of the first companies to carry out research into natural raw materials of plant origin and their industrial application and today we are able to offer a wide variety of the very finest plant oils, extracts, essential oils, and concentrated juices which we produce ourselves.
In addition to his research into raw materials, Adriano would also contribute significantly to the innovative processes used to turn these raw materials into ingredients that can be used by the industry.
Esperis boasts one of the earliest sulphation plants in Italy and research into high-pressure and high-temperature hydrogenation carried out on a pilot plant meant it was possible to use lanolin in the cosmetics industry and in detergents. The company obtained an international patent for Lanocerina in 1955.
In the years immediately after the war Esperis S.p.A. was a key player in the rebirth and rebuilding of Milan.
After the founder passed away in 1970, business continued under his granddaughter Antoinette Rossi, and in 2004 she then passed the baton to grandson Pierre Rossi, who is current President.
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Dr. Adriano Fayaud
Antoniette Rossi
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